Apple is partnering with Hyatt to let hotel guests store their room keys in their Apple Wallets. There are currently only six Hyatt hotels in the US that support this feature, but Hyatt says it plans to eventually include it in hotels worldwide. In order to use the feature, your iPhone will need iOS 15 or above, and your Apple Watch must run watchOS 8 and above.
Instagram allows underage users to easily find drugs on the platform. The report was released by tech advocacy group the Tech Transparency Project. Instagram says it prohibits drug sales, but the prevalence of such content is still low. Instagram head Adam Mosseri is set to testify before a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday.
Google has taken action against a botnet that's infected 1 million devices. The botnet is called Glupteba, and it has infected Windows machines around the world. The company has terminated 63M Google Docs, 1,183 Google accounts and 870 Google Ads accounts.
The metaverse is a set of interconnected spaces online where one can indulge in activities like gaming, shopping and even attend events through virtual avatars. The health industry is already using components like augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and artificial intelligence (AI) in software and hardware.
A jury ruled that Craig Wright won't have to give up half of his supposed stash of crypto. Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the man who wrote the original Bitcoin whitepaper. The court case has generated a lot of buzz in the Bitcoin community because he would have had to transfer those Bitcoins.
Twitter is testing a new approach to reporting tweets with a small group of users in the US. The company says the new approach will make it easier for users to report abusive or suspicious behavior. It will ask the user what happened in a "symptoms-first" approach to gather more information.
Tesla vehicles let drivers play games while the car is in motion. The company rolled out an update in the summer that reportedly lets drivers play solitaire, jet fighter game Sky Force Reloaded, and strategy title The Battle of Polytopia: Moonrise. The touchscreen is said to display a warning before a game of Solitaire starts.
Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Apple from $164 to $200. Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty argued new products from Apple aren't yet baked into the share price. She also increased her December quarter iPhone shipment forecast by 3 million units. Apple shares closed up 3.5% on Tuesday, reaching a new all-time high.
